This post may be a little raw for E-Hell. If it is thought to be so, please remove it.

Last night was the local LGBT parade. This is a family-friendly affair. Houses of worship and schools participate. This was he first time we saw a new organization in the parade. It has the laudable goal of promoting safe 'Scrabble' practices. There was a problem with the name of the group. 'Condom Nation' might sound wonderful but, if you stop to think about it, the name could send exactly the opposite message of the one intended.

This post may be a little raw for E-Hell. If it is thought to be so, please remove it.

Last night was the local LGBT parade. This is a family-friendly affair. Houses of worship and schools participate. This was he first time we saw a new organization in the parade. It has the laudable goal of promoting safe 'Scrabble' practices. There was a problem with the name of the group. 'Condom Nation' might sound wonderful but, if you stop to think about it, the name could send exactly the opposite message of the one intended.

I was at Toys R Us a few weeks ago and saw an awesome combination of signs. The layout of the bathroom went Women's bathroom, drinking faucet, utility closet, Men's bathroom. The bathrooms had the gender designating signs, but the Men's room had an extra sign that said "Authorized Personnel Only" I'm assuming that the extra sign came from the utility closet, but it made me chuckle

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In the United States today, there is a pervasive tendency to treat children as adults, and adults as children. The options of children are thus steadily expanded, while those of adults are progressively constricted. The result is unruly children and childish adults. ~Thomas Szasz

It may be an urban legend but there is a story about signs in the New Jersey Capitol.

One of the counties in New Jersey is 'Middlesex County'. According to the story, the county office in the state house is located between restrooms. If you walk down the hall you will see, 'Men', 'Middlesex' and 'Women'.

It may be an urban legend but there is a story about signs in the New Jersey Capitol.

One of the counties in New Jersey is 'Middlesex County'. According to the story, the county office in the state house is located between restrooms. If you walk down the hall you will see, 'Men', 'Middlesex' and 'Women'.

Sadly, it must be a legend. There are Middlesex Counties in Virginia and Massachusetts as well as New Jersey. Middlesex county is in England.

In trying to find the derivation, all I can come up with is Essex was the land of Saxons, which makes sense in old English. I can't find the derivation of 'middle'!

We used to have a sign into town that said "Welcome to TownName, Gateway to Death Valley!" Guess how many people painted over the Valley bit. Now it says "TownName Rocks!" Dad was mean and suggested how many brushstrokes it would take to make it something inappropriate. (He gave us two choices: One is sucks. The other rhymes.)

It may be an urban legend but there is a story about signs in the New Jersey Capitol.

One of the counties in New Jersey is 'Middlesex County'. According to the story, the county office in the state house is located between restrooms. If you walk down the hall you will see, 'Men', 'Middlesex' and 'Women'.

Sadly, it must be a legend. There are Middlesex Counties in Virginia and Massachusetts as well as New Jersey. Middlesex county is in England.

In trying to find the derivation, all I can come up with is Essex was the land of Saxons, which makes sense in old English. I can't find the derivation of 'middle'!

Middle of Essex, maybe?

(I know English names can't be that simple at times, but I can try. )

Or just the Middle Saxons?

(Essex was the land of the East Saxons, IIRC, won't that make Middlesex Middle Saxons?)

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From beautiful Bakersfield:

"No More Dirt"

Heheh, if Bakersfield wants more dirt, we've got plenty out here, near Death Valley.

There's a gas station near my house that used to have a drive-through car wash behind it. Now the car wash is a liquor store. Part of the signage advertising the liquor store says "Turn your 2 into a 10!" (As in, "Make that ugly girl you're with seem hotter by drinking a lot!") I'm kind of that someone thought THAT was a good slogan - sure, you may attract a few people, but you'll probably offend just as many!

There's a gas station near my house that used to have a drive-through car wash behind it. Now the car wash is a liquor store. Part of the signage advertising the liquor store says "Turn your 2 into a 10!" (As in, "Make that ugly girl you're with seem hotter by drinking a lot!") I'm kind of that someone thought THAT was a good slogan - sure, you may attract a few people, but you'll probably offend just as many!

I can hear it now:

Girlfriend: "Did you get this whiskey from Car Wash Liquor Store?"Boyfriend: "Uh huh."Girlfriend: "You think I'm a 2!!! You jerk!"Boyfriend: "Wait, what? What 2? What did I do?"

There's a gas station near my house that used to have a drive-through car wash behind it. Now the car wash is a liquor store. Part of the signage advertising the liquor store says "Turn your 2 into a 10!" (As in, "Make that ugly girl you're with seem hotter by drinking a lot!") I'm kind of that someone thought THAT was a good slogan - sure, you may attract a few people, but you'll probably offend just as many!

I can hear it now:

Girlfriend: "Did you get this whiskey from Car Wash Liquor Store?"Boyfriend: "Uh huh."Girlfriend: "You think I'm a 2!!! You jerk!"Boyfriend: "Wait, what? What 2? What did I do?"

A liquor store near our house had a similar sign with a totally diffrent meaning. "Turn your 5 into a 10" Meaning for $5 you could buy 10 mini bottles of booze. (I often get stocking stuffers there. )

The man running the place saw a sign like the one you mentioned and decided it was a great deal to bring in buisness but he couldn't afford to sell mini-bottles for $2. lol I explained the original sign and he was shocked. He's an immigrant and found it awful that people would disrespect their significant others like that. His son claims he still doesn't understand one night hook ups either.